(251595) Rudolfböttger

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Asteroid
(251595) Rudolfbottger
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.232  AU
eccentricity 0.19
Perihelion - aphelion 1.807 AU - 2.657 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.3 °
Length of the ascending node 136.1 °
Argument of the periapsis 204.9 °
Sidereal period 3.33 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.75 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 1.201 (± 0.106) km
Albedo 0.213 (± 0.022)
Absolute brightness 17.3 likes
history
Explorer Stefan Karge and Rainer Kling
Date of discovery April 20, 2009
Another name 2009 HA 36 , 2003 PE 3 , 2005 EK 104
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(251595) Rudolfböttger , internationally also (251595) Rudolfbottger , is an asteroid of the inner main belt , which is located between Mars and Jupiter .

It was discovered on April 20, 2009 by the German amateur astronomers Stefan Karge and Rainer Kling from the Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Observatory ( IAU-Code B01) on the Kleiner Feldberg in the Taunus .

The asteroid was named on February 18, 2011 in honor of Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806–1881), a German physicist and chemist . I.a. he invented the safety matches and cellulose nitrate independently of Christian Friedrich Schönbein . Böttger was a member of the Physical Association - Society for Education and Science , to which Stefan Karge and Rainer Kling also belong.

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  1. ↑ JPL Small-Body Database: 251595 Rudolfbottger. In: NASA . Retrieved July 22, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Minor Planet Circulars # 73985. (PDF) In: Minor Planet Center . February 18, 2011, accessed July 22, 2017 .